<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[US politics & policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[US politics & policy]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/6f7d5d90-ac15-41fe-9e31-e69b42a013c6</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:02:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/6f7d5d90-ac15-41fe-9e31-e69b42a013c6?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2025. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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politics]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3b525be4-e83b-4bea-b206-c3afe1c8e57c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3b525be4-e83b-4bea-b206-c3afe1c8e57c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:00:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The UK should press ahead with the inevitable on tax]]></title><description><![CDATA[Delays in dealing with fiscal pressures risk further damage to household consumption, corporate investment and overall growth]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/cbfe1429-de80-4677-bc58-e6d470328ee9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cbfe1429-de80-4677-bc58-e6d470328ee9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:00:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICE dragnet strikes terror in US immigrant communities   ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The enforcement agency has been empowered by Donald Trump’s push to deport undocumented migrants]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4fef46f0-7d1e-4a68-8300-beaf11b5bc46</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Brics lose their clout]]></title><description><![CDATA[The bloc of heavyweight emerging markets has grown bigger but less coherent]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e2b3392f-ac37-44e3-b86c-5c2ecbaa192f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e2b3392f-ac37-44e3-b86c-5c2ecbaa192f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:48:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump set to visit Scotland this summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[US president has no plans to meet King Charles when travelling to his golf course  ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9490e484-2b97-4a48-baaf-1ac404beabb9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9490e484-2b97-4a48-baaf-1ac404beabb9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:36:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s big, beautiful bill is downright ugly for health insurers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government has been driving insurers’ stock gains for years but the gold rush is over]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fd271d97-a2cc-47ae-933c-be2d0970f05e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fd271d97-a2cc-47ae-933c-be2d0970f05e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:35:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investors shrug off Trump’s 200% tariff threat on pharma]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shares in drugmakers show little reaction to US president’s latest pronouncement]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f59f04f1-666f-4c7f-8054-43e00322811e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f59f04f1-666f-4c7f-8054-43e00322811e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:22:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s political gift to the clean energy sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘Big, beautiful bill’ will weigh on jobs, power prices and industrial competitiveness]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/bbf79049-8668-444b-9fa9-36221690d6b7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bbf79049-8668-444b-9fa9-36221690d6b7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:00:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US copper prices rise to record high as Trump threatens 50% tariff]]></title><description><![CDATA[President also says he will impose levies of up to 200% on drug imports after a transition period]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1611e24e-f429-49c6-8c8f-5be12e35e257</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1611e24e-f429-49c6-8c8f-5be12e35e257</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:38:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ means for corporate America]]></title><description><![CDATA[Private equity cheers the legislation while Tesla and AI start-ups lose out]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/76c2b360-79b3-443a-a142-32eeef7598c4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">76c2b360-79b3-443a-a142-32eeef7598c4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 04:00:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump administration looks to ban Chinese groups from buying US farmland]]></title><description><![CDATA[US move prompted by concerns that purchases are undermining national security]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/373e812a-ecb9-4656-a47e-eb7171c3ebda</link><guid isPermaLink="false">373e812a-ecb9-4656-a47e-eb7171c3ebda</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 03:58:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump administration denies staff cuts hampered Texas flood alerts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senator Chuck Schumer calls for investigation as death toll surpasses 100 and more than 160 still missing]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4da3350a-57d1-44cb-9fc8-9f24d90c4e3a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4da3350a-57d1-44cb-9fc8-9f24d90c4e3a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 03:16:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court allows Trump plan for mass government lay-offs to proceed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ruling blocks earlier order that froze reductions in federal staffing pending legal challenge]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e2f268f6-e3ac-47fc-94c7-16ee6e40d18a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e2f268f6-e3ac-47fc-94c7-16ee6e40d18a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:25:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade war as it happened: US announces steep levies on copper and pharmaceuticals; Trump says ‘no extension’ to new August 1 tariff deadline]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump floats 200% tariff on medicines, while threat of 50% levy on copper imports sent price of metal to record high]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/dd0f3164-cbdb-4339-adc5-53cb05e67523</link><guid isPermaLink="false">dd0f3164-cbdb-4339-adc5-53cb05e67523</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:16:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US state department tightens cyber security after Marco Rubio impersonation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imposter used artificial intelligence to pose as the secretary of state and contacted foreign ministers]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7ef776e2-6c7e-45b7-9bb4-f019c483819c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7ef776e2-6c7e-45b7-9bb4-f019c483819c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:51:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three surprises that might spook the markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[New policies haven’t put a brake on stock prices . . . yet]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/eeef761f-5fcc-47b3-acc2-65a0c22cbbfb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eeef761f-5fcc-47b3-acc2-65a0c22cbbfb</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s assault on American greatness]]></title><description><![CDATA[In just six months, the US president has made huge strides in advancing his agenda]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/acf67954-61e8-473d-9119-8aaefd8bb8d4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">acf67954-61e8-473d-9119-8aaefd8bb8d4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:25:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran’s foreign minister: Israel’s war sabotaged diplomacy. The US can revive it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our commitment to acting responsibly to avoid a full-scale regional war should not be misinterpreted as weakness]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1106cea5-8024-4379-9416-68382be55a26</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1106cea5-8024-4379-9416-68382be55a26</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:26:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in today’s newsletter, White House pushes back on allegations that workforce cuts hampered Texas flood alert ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ad7f8874-13e8-4e04-909c-f29759c3b1ba</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ad7f8874-13e8-4e04-909c-f29759c3b1ba</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump tracker: the latest data on US tariffs, trade and economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the president launches a trade war, follow the latest on tariffs and executive orders]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2c473393-35fb-479d-8bba-236a1a98087c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2c473393-35fb-479d-8bba-236a1a98087c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX, Blue Origin stand to gain from tax benefit in Trump bill  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Companies backed by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in line for lower financing costs through eligibility for tax-free bonds ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7f8f31c6-5f01-4e94-b6bc-a71b86882b82</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7f8f31c6-5f01-4e94-b6bc-a71b86882b82</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[No breakthrough on Middle East peace as Trump and Netanyahu meet]]></title><description><![CDATA[US president hails ‘tremendous success’ with Israel and claims progress on plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/626a2f57-41d5-4ef2-82c0-37143eed2a3d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">626a2f57-41d5-4ef2-82c0-37143eed2a3d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:48:33 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>